Container member.



I. NAYLOR & H. B. RUGGLES;

CONTAINER MEMBER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 26, 1912.

1,085,091. Patented Jan. 20,1914.

UNITED STATEg PATENT @FFTQE.

ISAAC NAYLOR AND HENRY B. RUGGLES, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CONTAINER MEMBER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, Isaac NAYLOR and HENRY B. RUcoLEs, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in ContainerMembers, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in the construction of containerssuch as barrels, drums and pails of cylindrical form, and boxes, casesor other receptacles of rectangular form having removable ends.

The especial object of the improvements embodied herein is to produce aclosure or cover member made up of superposed layers of sheets of paperor similar product pressed and cemented together by a suitable adhesivewhich serves not only to unite the layers together but. also as astiffener, and bound or reinforced by rims or ribs or rims and ribsformed from a suitable pulpy substance which is molded, pressed anddried in engagement with the sheeted member.

A further object of our invention is to so unite the body sheets and thestiffening ribs or rims that they will be interlocked and effectivelyheld against separation when subjected to strains or stresses appliedeither externally or internally of the container or receptacle of whichsaid members form parts.

In the accompanying drawing, we have illustrated preferred adaptationsof our iiivention in the following views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a barrel head constructed according toour invention; Fig. 2 shows a barrel head having rcinforcing ribs, whichform one feature of our invention; Fig. 3 is a sectional view of thehead shown in Fig. 1; Figs. 4, 5 and 6, show different forms ofperipheral openings in the body of the head; Fig. 7 is an enlargedsectional detail of a joint between a head and the side of the containerto which the head is applied; Fig. 8 is a fragmentary enlarged sectionaldetail showing a convex end member for barrels or drums, embodying ourimprovements, and Fig. 9 is a fragmentary enlarged sectionaldetailshowing a concave-convex end member or barrel head.

Referring to the details of the drawing, and particularly to Figs. 1, 2and 3, the numeral 10 represents the body portion of our improvedclosure, the same being preferably Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. December 26, 1912.

Patented Jan. 20, 1914.

Serial No. 738,583.

constructed of a plurality of layers or sheets of paper made from anysuitable materials, and cemented or glued together, in superposedrelation, by an adhesive or sizing substance that will serve, when dry,to increase the rigidity of the compound sheet thus pro duced. Thisfabricated or compound sheet may be circular, oval or rectangular inoutline. In or near the periphery of the fabricated sheet, we preferablyprovide openings as 10*, 10 10 and between the openings, the materialnot removed forms tongues 10 We surround the edges of the body 10, witha rim 11, which is preferably formed with a rabbet 11*, thus providing aperipheral shoulder 11, adapted to engage a corresponding projection orflange on the container (not shown) to which the member is applied. Thisrim is formed by pressing, casting or molding into the shape desired, amass of paper or other analogous fibrous stock in soft or pulpycondition, subjecting it to considerable pressure so that portions willbe forced into the openings 10", or 10*, or 10, and then drying eitherby exposure to normal or heated air, the combined structure. In thusconstructing our improved closure member, it will be seen that thetongues 10 become firmly embedded in the mass forming the rim 11, andsubstantial portions of the rim substance enter, and interlock with, theopenings 10 10 or 10, as shown at 11.

In Fig. 2, we have shown our improved cover member reinforced bytransverse intersect-ing ribs or bars 1 of the same material that formsthe rim 11. These ribs are pressed, cast or molded at the same time therim is formed, and may be applied to either or both sides of the bodyportion 10, and arranged either concentrically, radially or in any othermanner designed to effectively stiffen the structure. In practice, theseribs may have integral portions or tongues as 11 which enter suitableholes, as 10 in the body of the cover, when applied by pressure to thebody.

In Fig. 7, we have shown a modification of our invention, in applyingthe cast rim, 13, to but one side of the body of the cover 10, andforming it with tongues 13*, which enter suitable openings provided inthe cover and in the adjacent side member 14, respectively, the outerends of said tongues being headed over, as shown in Fig. 7. In thisstyle of structure, the closure is applied at the time of making thebarrel or drum, by methods of manufacture which form no part of thisapplication for patent.

In Fig. 8, the body portion 15 is shown convex or with a bulge, thussecuring the advantages incident to such shape.

In Fig. 9, we have shown two opposed body portions 15 and 16 which areconvex and concave respectively, and are united by i a rim 17 which iscommon to both. These body portions are spaced from each other asindicated and in the space a ring 18 of any suitable material is placed.This ring serves as an abutment for the inner face of the rim 1'? in themolding of the latter around the members 15, 16.

While we have illustrated our invention in circular form and havereferred to it as a closure, it will be obvious that shape is not theessence of our invention, nor is it limited to application as a closure.It may, with utility, be utilized as a. unit in the making of containersof any size or shape, the several units necessary to realize a completestructure being arranged or combined in any required manner, one suchmethod being indicated in Fig. 7.

From the construction described, it will be apparent that with sidesmade up of series of sheets and adhesive arranged and combined asdescribed in respect to the body portion 10, and as indicated by 14, andends formed to fit and unite with said sides, a complete, strong andtight receptacle will result without resort to nails, screws or otherforms of connecting devices or means. By methods of manufacture which wehave invented, and for which we have made applications for LettersPatent, we are able to utilize the particular structure hereindescribed, so that a complete container can be quickly and cheaply madeup.

The materials employed in the manufacture of the body and rim portionsof our improved container member may be anything suitable for thepurpose disclosed. to prefer to use sheets or layers of a paperlikematerial in forming the body of the article, and paper stock or otherfibrous and cementitious substances for the rim and rib portions, butwish to avail ourselves of a wide range of equivalents for suchmaterials, as the structure or article composed of a flator plane bodyreinforced by pressed, cast or molded rim or ribs, is the essence of ourinvention.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire toobtain by Letters Patent, is

1. A container member having a body portion of superposed compressedlayers of paper combined with a suitable adhesive and stiffening medium,and a rim portion composed of a fibrous pulpy substance adapted to bemolded upon said body portion, and when dry to form a rigidreinforcement for the latter, substantially as described.

2. A container member having a body portion of superposed compressedsheets of paper combined with a suitable adhesive and stiffening medium,and having reinforcing portions composed of a fibrous pulpy substanceadapted to be molded upon said body portion and when dry, to form rigidstiffening members.

3. A container member having a plane body portion of compressed paperwith openings therein, and other portions composed of a fibrous pulpysubstance adapted to be molded upon said body portion and to enter saidopenings, and when dry, to form rigid. reinforcements for said bodyportion.

4. A. container member having a plane body portion of compressed fibrousand adhesive products having peripheral openings therein, and a rimportion composed of a fibrous substance adapted to be molded upon saidopenings, and also adapted to form, when dry, a rigid reinforcement forsaid body portion.

.5. A container member having a body portion of united sheets of fibrousand adhesive products provided with peripheral tongues, and a rimcomposed of a fibrous pulpy substance adapted to be molded upon saidbody port-ion and to interlock with said tongues, and to form, when dry,a rigid flange for said body portion.

6. A container member having a body in sheet form, and a rim secured tosaid body, said rim composed of a fibrous pulpy substance adapted to bemolded, when in plastic condition, upon said body portion, and to form,when dry, arigid stiffening medium for said body.

7. A container member composed of a body portion formed of superposedsheets of fibrous and adhesive products, and a rim portion ofcementitious and fibrous products molded upon and interlocking with saidbody portion.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in the presence of twowitnesses.

ISAAC NAYLQR. HENRY B. RUGGLES.

Witnesses:

' G. W. HILTABRAND,

M. A. Minoan.

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Washington, D. C.

